“No one looks back on life and remembers the nights when they got plenty of sleep.”
Who remembers the long nights with a newborn? Late night feedings, teething nights, or even being up all night with a feverish little one? Who remembers wishing for a little more sleep? Longing for a few more minutes? Now, who actually misses those nights? To be clear, I don’t mean missing the lack of sleep but missing the snuggles with our little babies. I know I do.
I had one of those nights just last night. I got home from work at about 10:30ish pm. Worked on fixing my daughter’s tablet as it wouldn’t connect to the internet for some reason. Well, about 11ish I came up to bed and heard my little boy cry a few times. I went in to see what was wrong and realized he couldn’t breathe through his nose, which was agitating him (as it would anybody, really). Being that he is one of those kids who doesn’t like to blow his nose, he kept sniffing it back in. This is not good. When he does this, he tends to gag as it drains down his throat. This is exactly what started happening and he got that look in his eyes. I hurriedly pulled him off his bunk bed and he ran to the toilet. When he was done, there was nothing left in his tiny tummy. 🙁
I cleaned him up, flushed the toilet, went downstairs for a bottle of water and the thermometer (no fever, good!) and asked him if he wanted to lay down in mommy’s room. So, we came in and I had him blow his nose until it was clear, and I snuggled my baby boy. He fell right to sleep. Oh, how I’ve missed that. <3
Within the next 2 hours, my daughter comes in crying. She asked to climb in with us. So, I rolled over and snuggled with her for a while. She kept talking my ear off, obviously wide awake – which means I was awake for another 2 hours. Not long after that, she asked to go back to her room and so I let her go and tried to fall back to sleep. Had another hour of sleep and then I had to get up for work. I hit snooze a few times and snuggled with my baby boy a bit longer. Then pulled myself out of bed to get his stuff ready for school and dress for work.
Before you even condemn me for having him go to school after getting sick the previous night, let me just make it clear – he was only sick because of his sinuses draining into his throat which caused him to gag. Gagging lead to the vomiting. I made sure he felt okay after he was done. He told me he felt better. Once he cleared his nose, he said he felt even better. Then we used Vicks, as well. Not that I need to explain momming, but I feel that in order to understand the situation, an explanation can be necessary. Also, he had a very good day at school and his teacher made it a point to come tell me so and praised him. <3
This photo I have added is of them today right after I picked him up from school. Both kept ME up half the night and THEY ended up passing out. Ten-minute drive and they were out about halfway home. 🙂
Back to the point of this post, ladies, the silver lining of my sleepless night. I was able to snuggle with both of my babies. I haven’t been able to do that since they were both tiny. I very much miss it!
When is the last time you mamas have been able to snuggle with your older littles, no matter the reasoning?
(This post is one from my previous mom blog site. Originally posted: October 5, 2021.)
